Kenya Ranked Best African Side After Budapest World Championship
28th August 2023
The country was ranked fifth overall out of the 195 countries that took part in the event.
Kenya bagged a total of ten medals - 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.
The ten medals saw Kenya regain top spot in the continent after losing out to Ethiopia last year in the 2022 edition held in Eugene, Oregon in the United States of America.
United States of America once again ruled the track and field competition after scooping 29 medals.
Kenya has been
ranked as the top African side and the fifth overall out of the 46 nations that
medalled at the just concluded World Athletics Championship 2023 held in
Budapest, Hungary from 19-27 August.
Having
bagged three gold, three silver and four bronze medals in the 22nd
edition of the global championship, the tally of ten helped Kenya to finish
ahead of closest challengers Ethiopia, Uganda and Morocco.
Two of the
gold medals came from Faith Kipyegon who won the women 1500m and 5000m races to
go down into the history books as the first woman to achieve the 1500-5000m
double in a World Championship event.
The other
gold came from fast rising two lap specialist Mary Moraa who held off attacks
from Keely Hodgkinson and Athing Mu to claim her first global gold in the
women’s 800m on the final day.
Daniel
Simiu, Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Beatrice Chepkoech returned the three silver
medals courtesy of their second-place finishes in the 10000m, 800m and the
3000m steeplechase races respectively.
Beatrice
Chebet, Faith Cherotich, Jacob Krop and Abraham Kibiwott won bronze medals
after finishing third in the 5000m,3000m steeplechase, 5000m and 3000m
Steeplechase respectively.
The ten
medals saw Kenya regain top spot in the continent after losing out to Ethiopia last
year in the 2022 edition held in Eugene, Oregon in the United States of
America.
United
States of America once again ruled the track and field competition after
scooping 29 medals (12 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze).
This was 23
medals ahead of second placed Canada who had four gold and two silver medals.
Spain came
in third on 4 gold and one bronze, Jamaica fourth with three gold, five silver
and four bronze medals as Kenya rounded off the top five.
MEDALS AND
PLACINGS
23
countries won gold medals
26
countries won silver medals
24
countries won bronze medals
46
countries won medals
71
countries finished in top 8
Countries
from all six areas won gold medals
Africa – 9
golds from 5 countries
Asia – 3
golds from 3 countries
Europe – 16
golds from 9 countries
NACAC – 20
golds from 4 countries
Oceania - 1
gold from 1 country
South
America – 1 gold from 1 country